Combined police club and whistle.



I. A. BYRNE.

COMBINED POLICE CLUB AND WHISTLE. APPLICATION FILED DEC-5.19M.

L224,850.. I Patented May 1, 1917.

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COMBINED POLICE CLUB AND WHISTLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES A. BYRNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Orange, inthe county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Police Clubs and Whistles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined police club and whistle.

It frequently happens that a police officer when making an arrest is compelled to call assistance. Assuming that he has hold of a prisoner with one hand and carries his club in the other, it is evident that he is not in a position to conveniently search his pockets for a whistle or to withdraw the whistle from the pocket in which it is kept in order to use the same. The present invention has for its object to produce a club having a whistle permanently attached thereto and connected therewith in such a position as to be concealed and protected when not in use, while by simply pressing a button the said whistle may be exposed and used in a convenient manner and without releasing hold of the club. I

A further object of the invention is to simplify and improve the construction of the device and the manner of assembling the whistle with the club.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same con:- sists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

in the drawing- Figure 1 is a side view showing a portion of a police club having awhistle connected therewith.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1, but showing the cover in an open position.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the club with the cover open.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, ram.

Application. filed December 5, 1916. Serial No. 135,213.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the whistle and cover detached from the club.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are-denoted by like characters of reference. The handle 15 of the club 16 issformed with a recess 17 to receive the body 18 of a whistle, said whistle being formed with a neck portion 19 and a mouth piece 20 extending beyond the end of the club. The

whistle may be of any desired construction, it having been shown as embodying two tubes, 21 having sound openings 22. The

handle of the club is provided with an aperture 23 registering with the openings 22 to permit the escape of air when the whistle is sounded.

Fixed on the'neck 19 of the whistle is a plate or disk 24: that abuts on the end of the club handle where it may be secured by fastening means such as screws 25, thereby securing the whistle in position. Ifhe disk 24 has near the margin thereof a. slot 26 adjacent to which is formed a downwardly extending lug 27 at the-lower end of which is hinged a latch plate 28 which is pressed in the direction of the lug 27 by a spring 29, said latch plate having a screw threaded pin 30 that extends through the lug 27 and the recess 17 said pin carrying in threaded engagement therewith a nut 32 which constitutes a,push button. One side wall of the slot 26 has a tooth 33, as best seen in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

Hingedly connected with the disk 24 at the side of said disk, diametrically opposite to the slot 26, is a cap 34 with which is connected a spring catch 35 adapted to enter through the slot 26, said spring catch having an aperture 36 adapted to engage the tooth 33. A spring 37 may be provided for the purpose of automatically throwing the cover or cap 34 open when the catch 35 is released.

In the constructionof the improved device the whistle is assembled with the club by inserting the body of the whistle in the recess 17, after which the disk 24 may be secured as described or in any convenient manner. The neck and the mouth piece of the whistle new project beyond the handle end of the club, said neck and mouth piece being concealed from view by the cap 34. which ice may be closed against the tension 116 of the spring 37 so as to insert the spring catch 35 through the slot26 until the tooth 33 engages the aperture 36, thereby securing the cap in its closed position. If occasion arises to make use of the whistle without releasing hold of the club, it is only necessary to press the push button formed by the nut 32, thereby pressing the latch member 28 thereof, in combination with a whistle having a neck, a mouth piece, and a'disk secured on the neck, said disk being terminally attached to the club when the body of the whistle is located within the recess.

2. A club having a recess at one end thereof, in combination with a whistle having a neck, a mouth piece, and a disksecured on the neck, said disk being terminally attached to the club when the body of the whistle is located within the recess; and a cap hingedly connected with the disk at one side thereof, and latch means whereby the cap may be detachably connected with the diametrically opposite side ofthe disk.

3. A whistle having a neck, a mouth piece and a disk secured about the neck, said disk having a slot, a tooth projecting from a side wallof said slot, at downwardly extending lug, a sprlng actuated latch plate hinged to said lug, and a threaded pin projecting from the latch plate through the lug, in combination with a cap hingedly connected with the disk and havlng an apertured spring adapted for engagement with the notch projecting from the wall of the slot.

4. A police club having a recess at one end, a whistle having a body portion seated in said recess and a neck and mouth piece projecting beyond the same, a disk fixed on the neck of the whistleand fastened to the end of the club, said disk having a slot provided with a tooth extending fromone wall thereof and said disk having a lug extending downwardly, a, spring actuated latch plate hinged to the lower end of the lug, a threaded 'pin extending from the latch plate through the lug, and a nut threaded upon said pin and constituting a push button, in combination with a lid or cap hingedly connected with the disk and having an apertured spring adapted to enter the slot in the disk and to engage the tooth projecting within said slot.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JAMES A. BYRNE. 

